This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When her two young sons began to develop an interest in robotics, Ashley Lomboy began looking for STEM programs in her area. Lomboy, a member of the Waccamaw Siouan tribe,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our #AskHer series is an interview with our partners, community members, and supporters who work tirelessly for women and girls. This interview is with Fresia Guzman, Director of Youth Opportunity Centers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While many of the high school career and technical education (CTE) programs of today have evolved since the vocational education “wood shop” classes of the 1970s, some students and their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At Aliya Johnson Roberts’ two child care centers in Philadelphia, many employees aren’t done working when they clock out at the end of a long day nurturing and teaching young…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Paging Dr. Internet, we need a diagnosis. In this series, Mashable examines the online world’s influence on our health and prescribes new ways forward. The 18-year-old’s father described the devastation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Younger learners in Illinois showed major declines in English language arts and math on end-of-the-year exams, revealing the toll the pandemic may have taken on students, according to newly released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its blood lead reference value – the level at which children ages 1-5 are considered to have high exposure to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On a warm September Sunday in 2016, a small Black teenager in a pink T-shirt biked through narrow city streets and rolled into an intersection. So did a Chevy Cruze,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is no doubt that housing and homelessness are issues our country can no longer afford to ignore. Unaffordable rent, barriers to home ownership, and growing homelessness throughout our country…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Eating disorders began to spike among young people shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts believe the increase occurred due to disruptions in daily living, emotional distress and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Teaching media literacy can help foster student activism by applying a critical perspective to the inequalities within media messages and symbols that students see every day. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Elementary school children in the United States will soon have one more layer of protection to keep them safe from COVID-19. On Oct. 29, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration…